{"id":46,"date":"2014-03-28T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/?p=46"},"modified":"2023-07-26T12:10:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T17:10:42","slug":"net-formatting-a-date-for-oracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"NET : Formatting A Date For Oracle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; margin: 0in;\">\nCurrently, developers must provide<br \/>\ndate format whenever inserting date records into oracle. &nbsp;Here is one approach:<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; margin: 0in;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; margin: 0in;\">\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">public<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\"> <span style=\"color: blue;\">static<\/span> <span style=\"color: #2b91af;\">DateTime<\/span> FormatDateForOracle(<span style=\"color: blue;\">string<\/span> inDate)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">&nbsp; {<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">&nbsp; <span style=\"color: green;\">\/\/try to parse date into the acceptable Oracle format<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">&nbsp; <span style=\"color: #2b91af;\">DateTime<\/span> parsedDate;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">&nbsp; <span style=\"color: blue;\">if<\/span> (<span style=\"color: #2b91af;\">DateTime<\/span>.TryParse(inDate,<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: blue;\">out<\/span> parsedDate))<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">&nbsp; {<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; 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}<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style=\"color: blue;\">catch<\/span> (<span style=\"color: #2b91af;\">Exception<\/span><br \/>\ne)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style=\"color: #2b91af;\">\/\/Handle as you see fit<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; font-size: 9.5pt;\">&nbsp; }<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Consolas; 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